The bags are here, the bags are here!!! This has been one of the hardest secrets to keep but at last I can let it out!! Phew...I am just not the best secret keeper out there!Our first set of NEW and improved shipping bags are here and we used them yesterday and what a thrill!!We are all a buzz around here and I just couldn't wait to share it with you, so here are some pictures to wet your appetite.You can cut this pattern out and it is waterproof, rust proof and can be put in a binder! How cool is that?Laura was very hard to contain as she ran around and stuffed the bags full of your orders!!It was awesome to see her so excited!!She has worked really hard on this project and the final product is AMAZING!!I can't wait to knit my "Honey Do" socks out of the Lorna's Laces Limited Edition colorway...

So the 1st is Friday and I can't wait to release the LLE (Lorna's Laces Limited Edition) color!! It is sooooooooooo pretty and besides you have all be trying to make my little snip bigger and it won't get any bigger. I am such a stinker :)Don't forget that the 1st is the end of this quarter, so your rewards will be here too! Wahoo!!I hope you will all join our LLE Fan Club and I have recently heard that some of you are unable to be on Facebook due to work constraints, but never fear you can sign up via email (which you should all do anyway) and you will be entered into the contests and get any email updates.Now I have seen and held October's color and I am excited to get mine, but the dilemma I face is which yarn to I want it in? I finally broke down the other day and bought 2 hanks of Robot...

So guess what?? No Elephants can't actually fly contrary to popular belief, ha ha! The Misti Alpaca Baby Me Boo is being dyed in October's color!!! So here is the smallest (way early) of teases for the color way for October...I am just soooooooooo excited for this one to come in and I had to share. Sorry to be so mean!! NOT!! Ha ha! Just know that I have left some really important parts of the color out of the snip.addthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more...

I LOVE my job, but you may have heard me say that once or twice! I get to meet some really neat people everyday, both in person and on the phone! Sharon from Oregon is a great gal that came into the shop a while back and asked us to help her learn a knitting stitch, which I will be filming for her next Thursday!Thanks for the suggestion Sharon and for this GREAT picture of your birthday yarn cakes that your friends made for you! Happy birthday too!If you have things you would like us to film for you please let us know, as I have a list I keep adding too all the time. I appreciate knowing what you would like us to review and teach you, remember it's YOUR LYS-online store, so it matters what you think!!As always happy knitting and crocheting! Jeanneaddthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand...

So much new stuff is around here that I just don't know where to start! First is all the beautiful Plymouth yarns and I have finished my Traveling Woman Shawl out of the Mushishi! I swoon every time I touch it, as it is so beautiful! With the silk mixed in here and there the effect as the yarn stripes in phenomenal!We are also all a buzz about Debbie Stoller's new yarn, Stitch Nation, amazing is what I have to say! There are 3 beautiful yarns all made with natural fibers and all 3 luscious to the touch! I am considering the Bamboo Ewe for my next project, of course I don't know exactly what I will make yet, but who cares I am ready to stash!! Ha ha!What do you think about Eucalyptus? I love the rich sea blue of this color, oh goodness what to do, what to do??Phew I need to sit down I feel...

I am sooooooooo excited as we are almost there with the patterns featuring the new exclusive to JBW Landscape Collection by Misti Alpaca (remember we had a contest and you will be thrilled when you see those patterns too)!! It is super exciting and I just sent my final pictures to the photo lab for processing and they should be done today.That means that I will have the pattern ready sometime next week and hopefully up on the site for your knitting pleasure! When Laura asked if I would design something for this new yarn line I jumped for joy!!!Then it came time to take the pictures and that has been an interesting process...I tried a still life composition, it was ok, but just ok wasn't going to cut it for this great yarn!The sample was knit and designed with little ones in mind (Huck of...

Have you seen all the new Plymouth yarns we have gotten? Oh my gosh! I couldn't stand it and jumped in and knit The Traveling Woman shawl out of the Mushishi and I must say I am in love!!Here is Kristen modeling it for me and I must say it is beautiful! I love the way the yarn striped and it only took one hank!! The color I used here is 01, but I am thinking about doing it again in another color for my daughter but now I have to choose that is the hard part...hmmmm which one?As always happy knitting and crocheting!Jeanneaddthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more...

addthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more';Congratulations are in order for all of the Beans for Brains scholarship winners and we are working really hard to make sure we can continue this great program!! Hopefully we will be able to expand this to larger prizes for students working towards a graduate degree. School is so expensive and boy don't I know it since my son Chris is starting his senior year of high school! Wow! I am making a list of every scholarship that he can apply for and believe me he WILL apply!Laura spotted this great article about one of the lucky winners of our scholarship,...